Sailors SIGN ON for Saturday Racing
Sailors SIGN OFF when returning to the club
Race management and visitors sign on COVID 19 SIGN ON SHEET.
Course Maps
About Balmoral Sailing Club
We are a family-friendly sailing club. New sailors are always welcome, juniors and adults.
We sail 505s, Aeros, Contenders, Herons, Lasers, Manly Juniors, Mirrors, Moths, National Es, Tasars, and Windsurfers.
For juniors we have a sailing program and for kids the popular Tackers program.
Our regular race day is Saturday from the beginning of September until the end of May. Some members sail mid week, Sundays and throughout Winter. Come and visit us.
Interested in volunteering? Come out on the water with the race management team.
Racks are available for boats that sail regularly.
Experienced sailors can try out an Aero, Windsurfer, Tasar
or Mirror.
New to sailing? Book a lesson with the sailing school.
Club Renovation
The renovation of the club house is now completed and we are starting to move back in. Members can now come by to have a look around.
Our thanks to BSC member Alex Moyday Queen Mab design studio, for her designs, help with Mosman Council planning and supervision of the building work.
2020 -2021 Sailing Season
Our preseason race days start on Saturday 12 September. We would normally have short races but this is our first opportunity for members to see the new courses and for the race management team to set the marks and test how we manage our new two races per day format.
To allow everyone to get familiar with the course shape, the first race will be one lap and the second (wind strength permitting) two laps. We expect the first race to be completed in 20 to 30 minutes so we should start the second race on or before 2pm.
We will be setting up both the INNER and OUTER courses. Scow Moths, Windsurfers, Mirrors, Aeros, Lasers, F11s will always sail the INNER course.
The OUTER courses have been designed for Tasars, Es and Contenders and these classes will use this course if there is good breeze, otherwise they will use the INNER course. This will be decided at the class briefing so you will know the course you will be sailing when you leave the beach. It will be the same course for both races.
The order of the day is:
1130 Balmoral and Hunter Bay race crews leave to set up the courses.
11200 Class Captains briefing
1250 Balmoral will display the appropriate flags and course number.
1300 Warning signal and a minute later the rolling start sequence will commence.
1400 Warning signal second race.
1500 Racing completed
The starting order will be notified at the briefings.
Program 2020/21
Course Diagrams 2020/21
Sailing Instructions
Return to Sailing
There are no restrictions on the number of boats that can race or practice together. Gatherings in the park are limited to a maximum of 20 people. Within the club, the common room is limited to 20 people with a limit of 4 in the change rooms. The showers cannot be used. The food preparation area is closed. The club has a COVID 19 Safety Plan.
We are required to maintain contact tracing records, everyone coming to the club must sign on using the online COVID 19 SIGN ON SHEET.
Do not visit the club if you have
Clubs have also been asked by Australian Sailing to cease activities that result in the mixing of participants from different regions. BSC is in Zone A in the lower to upper North Shore. The Australian Sailing COVID FAQ page asks - if participants are members of a club not located within their local area, they should consider whether it is necessary to participate in club activities at this time?
There are no restrictions on the number of boats that can race or practice together. Gatherings in the park are limited to a maximum of 20 people. Within the club, the common room is limited to 20 people with a limit of 4 in the change rooms. The showers cannot be used. The food preparation area is closed. The club has a COVID 19 Safety Plan.
We are required to maintain contact tracing records, everyone coming to the club must sign on using the online COVID 19 SIGN ON SHEET.
Do not visit the club if you have
- any cold or flu symptoms
- been in direct contact with a known case of COVID-19 in the previous 14 days;
- attended any of the reported case locations listed on the NSW Health website
- travelled from Victoria in the previous 14 days
- travelled internationally in the previous 14 days; or
- a high risk from a health perspective, including the elderly and those with pre-existing medical heath conditions?
Clubs have also been asked by Australian Sailing to cease activities that result in the mixing of participants from different regions. BSC is in Zone A in the lower to upper North Shore. The Australian Sailing COVID FAQ page asks - if participants are members of a club not located within their local area, they should consider whether it is necessary to participate in club activities at this time?